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I am searching for the most OCD perfect nuts to use on my bronco sport wheels + winter tires (225/65R-17 Continental VikingContact 7 XL)
I bought these wheels
for a great price
They looked like an all black version of the
All of the wheel specs match identically except the fact the bronco sport uses a M12 lug. It's still an acorn lug.
I know these wheels have been put on a Maverick with the stock Maverick lug nuts (source)
I could be sane and rational and save myself $40 - 200 not buying lug nuts and use the factory lug nuts. However I have 3 problems.
1) ....not OCD... but ADD/ADHD hyper FIXATIONS
2) They're not black & it will probably look better with black lug nuts
3) The Maverick lug nuts contact the bronco sport wheel like this:
(source)
Is point 3 a problem? I am no rocket scientist, I'm a computer scientist + cyber security professional, but if I was on a game show to win the $1,000,000 I would say this is a non issue because the Maverick Lug nuts on the Maverick studs DO NOT BOTTOM OUT. You just have maybe 2mms less of a contact patch (lug nut on wheel seat/lug nut well. I'm not sure what you would call it. The area the lug nut needs to clamp.)
I bought these Eisen ones to try, however their finish is very poor, wear marks when they're 'new out of the box'. I might return them for poor quality. In the listings photos they looked better than the cheaper ones that had a lot of reviews saying they corroded.
Measuring them with a caliper they seem to have 1mm more surface to clamp to the wheel... however my measurements might not be super accurate & that 1mm might just be the black coating on them.
I'm 31, I've never made youtube videos nor home videos. It's just an activity//skill I've never practised. So I actually recommend you do not watch these videos. However if you want to follow along with me, when I tried to compare and measure I turned the camera on and pointed it at what I was working on.
I do not want to have a debate about if this should be done at all or not. It clearly has been done, it's clearly fine. 2mm less of a clamping surface//contact patch is not a problem when the lug nut is not bottoming out. Bottoming out a lug nut would be bad. That's not happening here. That's established.
TO BE EXTREMELY OVERTLY Clear (so no crazy debates start)
Because I am buying black lug nuts anyway for the looks.
Has anyone found (seen with their own eyes, had in their hand or measured with a caliper) a m14 lug nut (that's not an outie belly button, meaning it is not too tall & sticking out) that sits on the bronco sport wheel like this:
?
I bought these wheels
They looked like an all black version of the
I know these wheels have been put on a Maverick with the stock Maverick lug nuts (source)
I could be sane and rational and save myself $40 - 200 not buying lug nuts and use the factory lug nuts. However I have 3 problems.
1) ....not OCD... but ADD/ADHD hyper FIXATIONS
2) They're not black & it will probably look better with black lug nuts
3) The Maverick lug nuts contact the bronco sport wheel like this:
Is point 3 a problem? I am no rocket scientist, I'm a computer scientist + cyber security professional, but if I was on a game show to win the $1,000,000 I would say this is a non issue because the Maverick Lug nuts on the Maverick studs DO NOT BOTTOM OUT. You just have maybe 2mms less of a contact patch (lug nut on wheel seat/lug nut well. I'm not sure what you would call it. The area the lug nut needs to clamp.)
I bought these Eisen ones to try, however their finish is very poor, wear marks when they're 'new out of the box'. I might return them for poor quality. In the listings photos they looked better than the cheaper ones that had a lot of reviews saying they corroded.
Measuring them with a caliper they seem to have 1mm more surface to clamp to the wheel... however my measurements might not be super accurate & that 1mm might just be the black coating on them.
I'm 31, I've never made youtube videos nor home videos. It's just an activity//skill I've never practised. So I actually recommend you do not watch these videos. However if you want to follow along with me, when I tried to compare and measure I turned the camera on and pointed it at what I was working on.
I do not want to have a debate about if this should be done at all or not. It clearly has been done, it's clearly fine. 2mm less of a clamping surface//contact patch is not a problem when the lug nut is not bottoming out. Bottoming out a lug nut would be bad. That's not happening here. That's established.
TO BE EXTREMELY OVERTLY Clear (so no crazy debates start)
Because I am buying black lug nuts anyway for the looks.
Has anyone found (seen with their own eyes, had in their hand or measured with a caliper) a m14 lug nut (that's not an outie belly button, meaning it is not too tall & sticking out) that sits on the bronco sport wheel like this:
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& if they’re identical size that’s not what I’m looking for.
. I'm pretty sure I'll just use the black lug nuts I have. 
